1. Arguing vocabulary.

Read the article again. Find words or expressions in the article to fill the spaces.

2. Arguing vocabulary and expressions.

Here are some more words and expressions for the categories in the previous exercise. Drag them into the correct box.

3. Colloquial words and expressions.

Click on any informal or colloquial words or expressions from the previous exercise and drag them into the box.

4. Repetition language.

Can you remember words or expressions in the text to complete these sentences? (For help, double-click or touch on the space to see the first letter of the missing word.)

5. Missing words.

Use words or expressions from the previous exercise to complete this text.

6. Heat and cold metaphors.

Temperature words are often associated with particular emotions.

For example:

strong and negative emotions heat, hot, hotly, heated
friendly, caring behaviour warm, warmth
unfriendly behaviour cold, coldly, cool, coolly

Complete these sentences by dragging the appropriate word into the gap.

7. Fire metaphors.

Match the words to their definitions.

8. Fire metaphors.

Below are the fire words from the previous exercise again. Note that they can all be used metaphorically. Complete the following sentences by dragging words into the gaps.